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Monday, May 18, 2009

Close to two years ago now, I woke up on a Sunday morning beset with the faint traces of a hangover and began tinkering with Blogger. That very morning, pajama-clad, and well before a shower—TVD was born.

Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined the some of successes that were in store for this blog that was literally conceived on a whim. For example, being named in the top five on the list of the Ten Best Mp3 Blogs Ever. (No joke—last summer by makeoutclub.com.) Toss in being chosen as the ‘blog of record’ for Record Store Day this past year. The promotions we’ve been involved in. TWO Washington, DC Record Fairs. The contests and giveaways we’ve run. The bands and artists who’ve become friends. Counting the many of you who stop by each day as a community of like-minded souls and the kinship that’s developed over time.

But the fact is, SO many opportunities have come our way that tending to the back of the store has left little time to man the front of the store which, let’s face it, this little endeavor is built upon.

So, breaking from tradition where one individual puts pen and pixel to a blog, we’re casting about this week for additional voices to join the TVD family. Writers with a particular perspective, varying points of view from our own, malcontents, misanthropes, and sirens are all encouraged to join the blog with its preexisting global readership zeroing in on 40K per month.

Write a few times a week. Once a week. Every day. Pen a column of your own definition. Show reviews. Artist interviews, you name it. And you don’t even need to be in Washington, DC to contribute.

See, there are so many opportunities that exist that we literally can’t say yes to everything.